Paper short abstract:

The movements of nationalism, anti- nationalism and pseudo- nationalism co-existent in a democracy are dealt in the backdrop of nationalism in the state - India.

Paper long abstract:

As is evident by the title itself, this paper addresses certain pertinent questions in the context of the Indian sub-continent such as: what exactly could be nationalism? How could we differentiate between nationalism and anti-nationalism? Could pseudo-nationalism be confused with nationalism? Could the above mentioned notions anti-nationalism and pseudo-nationalism co-exist in a democratic state? In the periphery of the questions raised above, this paper attempts to unravel the movement of nationalism.